In short no. To execute a struts action, the browser MUST make an HTTP request. This request MUST specify an object (in HTTP context) to retrieve. There is no way to fully hide this url. It can appear to be achieved using a frameset with one frame 100%x100% - only the frameset url is shown in the browser.
You can also not use .do - set the servlet mapping to anything you want - i believe that you can even use .html as the extension. Whatever you do will only be effective at hiding it from people in general - anyone who knows about HTTP (eg hackers) can manually make the requests and get round this, so really there is no advantage to hiding the url in the first place. Daniel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Neu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 November 2004 19:02 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Hiding Url File Parameters > > > Thanks that definitely solved the problem. > > Is there also a way to get rid of the Action.do ? > > Regards, > > Swen > > > > Daniel Perry schrieb: > > >Yep, > >Change your code to: > >nextPage = mapping.findForward("struts"); > > > >and change the forward to: > > > ><forward name="struts" path="/WEB-INF/struts.jsp" redirect="false" > >contextRelative="true"/> > > > >Note if you dont want a lot of mess in WEB-INF, put them in a > folder ie jsps > >and use /WEB-INF/jsps/struts.jsp > > > >Hope that helps, > > > >Daniel. > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Peter Neu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 09 November 2004 17:55 > >>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>Subject: Re: Hiding Url File Parameters > >> > >> > >>OK. I tried this : > >> > >> nextPage = new ActionForward(mapping.findForward("struts").getPath(), > >>false); // set the flag to false > >> > >>and put the JSP's into the WEB-INF folder. > >> > >>When I tried to call the ActionClass the following error occured : > >> > >>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path struts.jsp does not > >>start with a "/" character > >> > >>org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.doForward(RequestProcess > >>or.java:1062) > >> > >>org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(Req > >>uestProcessor.java:455) > >> > >>org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor > >>.java:279) > >> > >>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482) > >> > >>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525) > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709) > >> javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) > >> > >>Here is the definition of the Action which is explicitly called > >>and which causes the error: > >> > >><action path="/postHv" > >> input="struts.jsp" > >> name="postHvForm" > >> scope="request" > >> validate="true" > >> type="pack.servlets.PostHv"> > >> <forward name="struts" path="struts.jsp" /> > >> </action> > >> > >>Do you have any idea what I did wrong ? > >> > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Peter > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Daniel Perry schrieb: > >> > >> > >> > >>>So you have an action, which forwards to a jsp page, and you > >>> > >>> > >>dont want the > >> > >> > >>>users to see the blah.jsp? > >>> > >>>Just set redirect to false. This causes it to forward the request > >>>internally without sending a browser redirect. The jsp will be > >>> > >>> > >>processed, > >> > >> > >>>and return the result to the browser, but as far as the browser > >>> > >>> > >>is concerned > >> > >> > >>>it will look like its come from the action. > >>> > >>>One method of 'hiding' jsps is to put them in the WEB-INF > >>> > >>> > >>directory, and use > >> > >> > >>>forwards (not redirects) as this way the client CANNOT access the jsps > >>>directly. > >>> > >>>Daniel. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Peter Neu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: 09 November 2004 16:41 > >>>>To: Struts Users Mailing List > >>>>Subject: Re: Hiding Url File Parameters > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Hello Joe, > >>>> > >>>>the value of the redirect flag is true since I cannot forward when > >>>>it is set to false. I thought this was the regular way to forward > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>from one jsp-page to another. > >>> > >>> > >>>>Isn't there any other option how I can do the forward and > >>>>keep the file-name of the jsp-page out of the URL ? > >>>> > >>>>Best Regards, > >>>> > >>>>Peter > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Joe Germuska schrieb: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>At 4:03 PM +0100 11/9/04, Peter Neu wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>Hello, > >>>>>> > >>>>>>How can I manipulate the URL-Mapping in the > >>>>>>web.xml /struts-config.xml in order to hide > >>>>>>the filenames when I use the ActionForward in an ActionServlet? > >>>>>>Currently the URL displays all the files which I forward to. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Before I posted this message I looked through the mail archieve > >>>>>>but I only found some suggestions using JScript which I would like > >>>>>>to keep out of my application as much as possible. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>Are you returning an ActionForward which has a 'true' value for its > >>>>>redirect property? In this case, the answer is "no." > >>>>> > >>>>>Otherwise, you could have a Struts action read the file from the > >>>>>filesystem and write the bytes to the response. 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